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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 2 |
| 1858 | 1 |
| 1859 | 1 |
| 1861 | 1 |
| 1862 | 2 |
| 1864 | 1 |
| 1872 | 1 |
| 1876 | 28 |
| 1877 | 14 |
| 1878 | 11 |
| 1879 | 1 |
| 1880 | 4 |
| 1882 | 2 |
| 1883 | 18 |
| 1884 | 4 |
| 1885 | 26 |
| 1886 | 10 |
| 1887 | 10 |
| 1888 | 9 |
| 1889 | 26 |
| 1890 | 8 |
| 1891 | 19 |
| 1892 | 62 |
| 1893 | 66 |
| 1894 | 71 |
| 1895 | 59 |
| 1897 | 7 |
| 1898 | 25 |
| 1899 | 8 |
| 1900 | 4 |
| 1902 | 5 |
| 1903 | 38 |
| 1904 | 24 |
| 1905 | 3 |
| 1907 | 1 |
| 1908 | 8 |
| 1909 | 18 |
| 1910 | 3 |
| 1914 | 6 |
| 1915 | 1 |
| 1916 | 5 |
| 1917 | 8 |
| 1918 | 2 |
| 1922 | 3 |
| 1923 | 8 |
| 1924 | 2 |
| 1925 | 4 |
640 stories matching pound, from 118 towns
Yakima County41
Benton County26
Walla Walla County20
Grays Harbor County16
Snohomish County15
Jefferson County12
Pend Oreille County11
Skagit County11
Whitman County10
Kitsap County9
Chelan County5
Mason County4
Kittitas County4
Asotin County3
Pacific County3
Clark County2
Garfield County2
Lewis County2
Stevens County2
Adams County2
Clallam County2
Columbia County2
Cowlitz County1
Grant County1
Klickitat County1
Lincoln County1
San Juan County1
Skamania County1
County not recorded13